351 NFL players from the last 35 years graduated from a Bay Area high school. Here's all of them

Jim Plunkett: William C. Overfelt High School, James Lick High School (San Jose) - Class of 1966

The Heisman Trophy winner and Raiders legend transferred from William C. Overfelt to James Lick in between his sophomore and junior seasons. He is the only eligible starting quarterback with two Super Bowl wins to not be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Jim Plunkett: William C. Overfelt High School, James Lick High School (San Jose) - Class of 1966

The Heisman Trophy winner and Raiders legend transferred from William C. Overfelt to James Lick in between his sophomore and junior seasons. He is the only eligible starting quarterback with two Super Bowl wins to not be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

351 NFL players from the last 35 years graduated from a Bay Area high school. Here's all of them

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Click through the slideshow above to see all 351 NFL players from the past 35 years who graduated from a Bay Area high school.

While the Bay Area hasn't exactly been considered a hotbed for football talent, it still has produced its fair share of notable NFL players over the years.

The region seems to be particularly adept at producing quarterbacks, as Jim Plunkett, Dan Fouts, Tom Brady and Jared Goff all graduated from a Bay Area high school and played in the NFL in the past 35 years.

In total, there are 351 players who appeared in an NFL regular-season game since 1984 who played high school football in the Bay Area. Using Pro Football Reference's database, SFGate compiled a lengthy list of all 351 players, to be seen in the slideshow above.

To qualify for the list, a player must have appeared in a regular-season game during or after the 1984 NFL season.

Preseason games do not count, and players who were out of the league by 1984 are not included in the slideshow. Some of the players who predate the list include Norm Van Brocklin, who attended Acalanes High School in Lafayette, and O.J. Simpson, who attended Galileo High School in San Francisco.